Consultants yet to seek licences for cannabis treatments

No consultant has applied for a licence to use medicinal cannabis to treat a patient, Health Minister Simon Harris has confirmed.

“I know there are difficult cases out there and I know that, at a human level, our hearts would go out to anybody in a difficult case,” said Mr Harris.

“If a consultant in this country believes that any person, be they a child or adult, requires a substance that is not a legal medicine, they can seek a licence from my department.”